Inclined galley slide arrester



Nov. 30, 1954 HARTLAGE 2,695,703

INCLINED GALLEY SLIDE ARRESTER Filed March 25, 1954 INVENTOR.

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IK/J 0 ATTORNE Y United States Patent Ofiiice 2,605,703 Patented Nov.30, 1954 INCLINED GALLEY SLIDE ARRESTER Frank F. Hartlage, New York, N.Y.

Application March 25, 1954, Serial No. 420,570

6 Claims. (Cl. 199-61) This invention relates to an inclined galleyslide arrester for line casting composing machines.

It is an object of the present invention to provide for a line castingcomposing machine having an inclined galley, an arrester arrangedunderneath the end of the galley to catch the slide upon the sameleaving the end of the galley and to prevent the same from being droppedon the fioor and under portions of the machine inaccessible to theoperator without difficulty and thereby to increase the efiiciency ofthe operator running such machines.

It is another object of the invention to provide an attaching clamp foran inclined galley slide arrester that is so constructed and formed asto permit the attachment. of the arrester to difi'erent shape verticallyextending frame pieces or posts that diifer with the different types ofcomposing machines and thereby to have the arrester adapted foruniversal use and without having to provide different attaching devicesfor the respective different machines.

It is another object of the invention to provide in an inclined galleyslide arrester for composing machines a spring support extending fromthe attachment and adapted to hold the catch apron in the properposition under the end of the galley to catch the slide and adapted tobe lowered to facilitate and make easy the removal of the slide once ithas been caught by the arrester.

Other objects of the invention are to provide an inclined galley slidearrester for line casting composing machines having the above objects inmind, which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, has aminimum number of parts, easy to mount upon the line casting machine,durable and compact, easy to adjust, of pleasing appearance, effectiveand efiicient in operation.

For other objects and a better understanding of the invention, referencemay be had to the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a front elevational view of the inclined galley slidearrester embodying the features of the present invention andillustrating the manner in which the same is attached to the composingmachine, and the relationship of the same to the galley forming a partof the machine, the slide block being shown in full and operable overthe galley;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the galley slide arrester attached tothe vise frame forming a part of the machine;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the attaching clamp and of theframe as viewed on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view, in elevation, gtken through theclamp and as viewed on line 44 of Referring now to the figures,represents a vise frame forming a part of a line casting composingmachine. This frame piece varies in size for the different types ofmachines and is generally of rounded corner formation. This framesupports a first elevator slide 11, a knife spring plate 12 and a knifeblock 13. The cast slugs are made and formed in the machine and aredelivered to a galley 14 that extends across the front of the machineand in front of the vise frame. These slugs are indicated at 15 and theyare discharged to the galley 14 by the operation of a slug lever 16 inthe well known conventional manner. A spring keeper 17 holds the slugsfrom moving.

Operable over the galley 14 is a galley slide block 18, shown in full,and which has a spring clip 19 that extends over the upwardly extendinglip or bottom ledge of the galley. This lip or edge is indicated at 20.The galley bottom is inclined downwardly and forwardly from the front ofthe machine and the rear thereof is elevated to the front thereof and iswithout a lip or ledge. The slugs are retained in the slide by the frontupturned lip or ledge 20 and by the action of gravity and will rest inan inclined manner upon the galley and against the slide.

If the slugs are allowed to accumulate upon the galley to too great anextent so that the slide block 18 is pushed off end 14 of the galley,the galley slide arrester of the present invention and indicatedgenerally at 21 will catch the slide and prevent the slide from fallingto the floor into an inaccessible place. Upon the arrester catching theslide, the same will be: readily available to the operator and can bequickly replaced upon the galley, after being emptied of slugs.

This galley slide arrester that forms the subject matter of the presentinvention comprises a bracket assembly 22 that assists in securing thearrester to vise frame piece 10 at the proper elevation, a forwardlyextending pivot arm 23 extending outwardly from the bracket andsupported by tension spring 24 at a catch apron 25, that extends beneaththe galley and outwardly beyond the end 14 thereof, in the manner shownin Fig. l.

The bracket 22 will extend vertically along the front edge of the framepiece 10 and is secured to the frame piece by a box arrangement 26 thatis adaptable to different sizes and contours of the frame piece. Thisbox arrangement includes the lower end of the bracket 22 posed shims 30,the number depending upon the thickness or width of the frame piece 10.Each of these shims 30 has a laterally extending opening 31 and avertically extending slot 32 to respectively accommodate upper and lowerclamping bolts 33 and 34 extending through the bracket 22, the number 27and the plate 28, and is tightened by wing nuts 35.'

To position the box assembly 26 fore and aft on the frame piece 10,vertically spaced set screws 36 are threaded into the bracket 22 and maybe tightened against the front edge of the frame piece 10. This willdraw the rear end of the box arrangement 26 against the rear edge of theframe piece 10 to have a tight frictional grip on the rear edge of theframepiece. The plate 28 is also preferably thin so that it can fit intothe narrow space that is provided in this area on some machines. Thegalley slide arrester attaches to line casting composing machineswithout interfering with any of the adjusting or movable parts of themachine.

Extending laterally from the thick member 27 is a pivot pin 37 on whicharm 23 pivots. A cotter pin may extend through an opening 38 to preventthe removal of the pivot arm 23 therefrom. This pivot arm is providedwith a clamp slot 39 at its outer end between which the apron 25extends. The portions at the top and bottom of the slot are drawntogether by a clamping bolt 40 and a wing nut 41 so as to frictionallyretain and hold the apron end within the slot 29 and against lateraldisplacement therefrom. In holes 42 a pin can be extended to furthersecure and hold the apron member 25 against displacement from the arm23. The apron will likewise be provided with holes respectivelyregistering with the holes 42 through which the pin can extend.

In order to support the arm 23 and the apron 25 so that the arresterwill support the slide and at the same time permit vertical adjustmentof the apron relative to the end of the galley, the tension spring 24extends from one side of the wing nut 44 fixed to a bolt 45 on the arm23. Extending laterally through the upper end of the bracket 22 is abolt 46 having a wing nut 47 that is movable along the bolt to aditferent position to therespring 24. The lower end of the tensionspring 24 will have its position changed by turning the nut 44 to aditfe'i-ent'lec'ation. nut 48 and theb'o'l' W6 is held place-by a-lbek'nut 49; By adjusting "the wing ii'u't's 44- hil 47 alongtheirrespeetive bolts 45am '46; the-"arm 2,3 ean-" he raised orloweredon the pivetpin 37.

The outer end ortheeaten-apron ZS is widened as shown at- 51 and thiswidened portion hits a longitudinal- 1y extending and upwaraly' inenaeaflange 52 and an end flange 53 which will prevent the sli falling fromthe end of the ap'r'o'n The arresteris elevated so thathange ss-exads-ripen "the be'ttom-of the galley and is outwar greater than-thelengtnpr the slide bloek18; A h'ol'e 545s provided-in--'the-:end'"tfieaprdn to permit dirt or displacement of the"'lide-blo froire-machine; It will also 'bfe apparent this arre'sler be easilyeonne'c'te'd -'to-the jfra-me piece "of a eompesi though the shape andsize of the framepr'ece' is varied for the different machines-and thatby asimpleadjustment, the catch ap'ron 'ean'b'e positioned at "the endot' the galley in such a manner as to- 'properly and-safely catchthegalley slide block should it travel-to "a point oft theend "ofthegalley.

While var-ions changes rna'yhe' 'made in thed'et' ail constrn'c'tion, itshall be understood that such changes shall be within the spiritandsce'pe' of the present invention as defined-by the appended "claim-s.

What is claimed is:

I. An inelined galley slide-arrester for line casting composingrnaehirres which-comprises a-brack' means forse'eurin'g' the bracket tothe frame of the composing machine, an a-r mpivotallyi eonneetedto thebraeket and extending "forwardly thereof, -m'eans for adju'stablysapportingsaid arm, irreans for adjusting the position of the arm todifferent angular positions-"relative'to-the henzonta-l, and anaproncatch member extending laterally fro'm said 211 1 and adapted "tobe repa red beneath "and beyond-the end of th'e gal-leg 2Agalley-slidebloek arrester for line casting cornposing machines eompi'isingbracket hieans adapted to be attached to a frame/ iece of the mammaan arm pivota-liy connected to the bracket means for adjustment withrespeet thereto,- a -eateh"apron-connected to said black from HEW "Willprevent the maenine, even arresrer is mounted upon the machine to"extendmeyond' and below the galley in order to catch the galley slide 7that may be dropped from the end of the galley.

3. A galley slide arrester for line casting composing machinescomprising a bracket adapted to extend along the front of a framepieceof the machine and a box arrangement surrounding the frame pieceand including the bracket and havingoclamping bolt means for drawingthe'sides of the "box-arrangement into tight engagement with the sidesof the vertical framepiece of the machine, a pivot pin extendingoutwardly from the box arrangementatone-side thereof, a pivot arm,pivotally connected to said pivot pin and extending forwardly of thebracket, means for adjustably suppo'rting said pivot arm from saidbracket to permit the pivot arm to be lowered or elevated as desired, acatch apron extending laterally from said pivot arm and having a flangedouter end adapted-to lie beyond and heneaxh t'henpen outer end of agalley w'hereby toxcateh thes-lide'block upon the same heirr'gejected-fromtthe end of the rgalteyr 4. A galley'slide block arrester asdefined in claim- 3, and said. means for a'djustably 'supp'ortingthe armupon the box arrangement comprising 'a. laterally extendirrg boltextending from the bracket and outwardly from'one side/thereof, anadjustable 'nutupon said bolt, a tension sp'ring connected to said wit,a bolt "extending vertically through the pivot arm and'a'n adjustablenut on said bolt, said tension spring connected to said last mentionedadjustable nut.

5. A galley "slide block arrester for vl-ine casting composing machinesas' 'defined in claim3', and said box arrangement comprising a thick-I."-shaped member extending, along-oneside of the frame and across therearedge thereof, a.-thin plate fixed to the rear of the k-sh-apedmember, shims-adapted to be disposed between the edges of the bracketand the. 'L'-shaped member "and; the .pla'te,

said clamping bolts extending through the bracket, the" No referencescited.

